Inside the Culture Club Spotlight on Melrose and Its Local Creative Icons

A nice man named Felipe interrupted while I was interviewing Bill Sandweg, the owner of Copper Star Coffee on Seventh Avenue. Felipe heard that Sandweg was running for a seat on the Maricopa Community College District 3 governing board, and wanted to talk about his campaign goals. While Sandweg stumped for how a good junior college system grows jobs for the community, I checked out the crowd hanging out on Copper Star’s patio. A lot of them were regulars; the same people I see whenever I visit t